This profile looks at the newly announced MeeGo platform for smartphones and other consumer electronics devices. It considers the platform from a telecoms operator, handset manufacturer, and application developer perspective.

MeeGo represents the first concerted technology industry effort to create a complete, robust, and scalable device and application platform that can also span an array of different device categories, both current and emerging, while offering OEMs and service providers complete freedom to modify the platform and user experience as desired. But while MeeGo looks set to enjoy first-mover advantage in its efforts to achieve these aims, Ovum doubts its short-term ability to upset the increasingly vertically integrated, vendor-driven offerings from Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

Figure 1: Number of mobile device OSs that developers are already supporting or are prepared to support
Figure 2: Number of web platforms that mobile application developers are already supporting or are prepared to support
Figure 3: Simplified MeeGo architecture